The Dinosauria II, The Wrath of Khan

["Mickey Rowe;893-2446" <mrowe@lifesci.ucsb.edu>]

[ With apologies to HP Jerry's new tradition, but I wanted a more
  manly subject line...  While I have a UC affiliation, I do not have
  any UC Press affiliation, so I pass this along only as a public
  service message.  -- MPR ]

> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:38 -0700
> From: L Guevarra <l_guevarra@ucpress.edu>
> Subject: NEW REPACKAGE: The Dinosauria
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> 
> Dear Dinosaur Mailing List:
> 
> 
> The University of California Press  is pleased to announce the repackage of:
> 
> The Dinosauria, Second Edition
> 
> David B. Weishampel is a Professor at the Center 
> for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at The Johns 
> Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is 
> coauthor, with D. E. Fastovsky, of _The Evolution 
> and Extinction of Dinosaurs _(1996) and coauthor, 
> with L. Young, of _The Dinosaurs of the East 
> Coast _(1996). Peter Dodson is Professor of 
> Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School 
> of Veterinary Medicine. He is the author of 
> _Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History. _Halszka 
> Osmólska is Professor of Paleontology at the 
> Paleobiological Institute of the Polish Academy 
> of Sciences in Warsaw.
> 
> http://go.ucpress.edu/WeishampelDinosauria
> 
> "The new edition of The Dinosauria . . . is the 
> book that most scientists and amateurs would 
> agree is the number one 'must have' for anyone 
> seriously interested in dinosaur paleontology." 
> -John R. Hutchinson, _Journal of Paleontology_
> 
> 
> When the _The Dinosauria _was first published 
> more than a decade ago, it was hailed as "the 
> best scholarly reference work available on 
> dinosaurs" and "an historically unparalleled 
> compendium of information." This second, fully 
> revised edition continues in the same vein as the 
> first but encompasses the recent spectacular 
> discoveries that have continued to revolutionize 
> the field. A state-of-the-science view of current 
> world research, the volume includes comprehensive 
> coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, 
> and life history strategies, biogeography, 
> taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and 
> extinction. Its internationally renowned 
> authors-forty-four specialists on the various 
> members of the Dinosauria-contribute definitive 
> descriptions and illustrations of these 
> magnificent Mesozoic beasts.
> 
> 
> Full information about the book, including 
> <ul><li><a 
> href="/books/pages/2601001/2601001.ch22.pdf">Read 
> Chapter 22, "Basal Ceratopsia," in pdf 
> format</a></li>
> <li><a 
> href="/books/pages/2601001/2601001.supplement.html">Click 
> here for Character Descriptions and Data 
> Matrices</a></li></ul>, , including the table of 
> contents, is available online: 
> http://go.ucpress.edu/WeishampelDinosauria
> 
> 
> -- 
> Lolita Guevarra
> Electronic Marketing Coordinator
> University of California Press
> Tel. 510.643.4738 | Fax 510.643.7127
> lolita.guevarra@ucpress.edu